Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry White, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Henry White registered to vote in Galveston County on June 10, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
1849186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County
Henry White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry White
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsHenry White reported 17 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named White in Galveston County
- Frank Whitereached Texas about 1859
- Jasper Whitereached Texas about 1842
- Manuel Whitereached Texas about 1866
- Randle Whiteborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Thomas Whitereached Texas about 1846
Whites elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 11 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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